Definition See note below: Poetry in which every word begins with a successive letter of the alphabet. The first word begins with A‚ the second with B‚ etc. (OR) A poem that has 5 lines that create a mood‚ picture‚ or feeling. Lines 1 through 4 are made up of words‚ phrases or clauses - and the first word of each line is in alphabetical order from the first word. Line 5 is one sentence‚ beginning with any letter. Note: ABC as a form has been used to describe anything from an Abecedarian poem
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American Literature Test Terms Definitions Colonial New England period is also known as what? Puritan Era When was Jamestown established? 1607 When did the Separatists come to the New World? 1620 When did the Puritans come to America? 1630 When the Puritans came to America‚ where did they land? Massachusetts Bay What are the literary characteristics of the Colonial New England period? Unadorned‚ simple‚ useful‚ natural‚ utalitarian‚ didactic‚ and Biblical What are the Genres
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POETRY POEM. N. AN ARRANGEMENT OF WORDS WRITTEN OR SPOKEN‚ TRADITIONALLY A RHYTHMICAL COMPOSITION‚ SOMETIMES RHYMED‚ EXPRESSING EXPERIENCES‚ IDEAS‚ OR EMOTIONS IN A STYLE MORE CONCENTRATED‚ IMAGINATIVE‚ AND POWERFUL THAN THAT OF ORDINARY SPEECH OR PROSE: SOME POEMS ARE IN METER‚ SOME IN FREE VERSE. A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom. – ROBERT FROST PROSE…words in their best order. POETRY…the best words in the best order. – SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with
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ODE ON A GRECIAN URN Odes – An Introduction The poem `Ode on a Grecian Urn’ is a poem written by John Keats in the form of an ode. In its original (Greek) form‚ an ode is an elaborately structured poem written in praise of an event or individual‚ with a perfect amalgamation of intellectual and emotional approaches. In the history of British poetry‚ the ode has retained its purpose (glorification)‚ but altered the structure. The Great Odes by Keats The ode being discussed is one of the `Great
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What is the Victorian attitude to love and how is it presented or rejected in 3 literature texts? During the Victorian Era‚ it was generally accepted that love was not a case of the modern‚ romantic ideal of falling for someone you genuinely love‚ but more of a career move. Men especially saw marriage as a stepping stone in their life‚ to advance in society. Women were treated as property and their sole purpose was to sacrifice themselves to their husbands. The typical Victorian woman was expected
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Introduction: It is difficult to date or define the Renaissance. Etymologically the term‚ which was first used in England only as late as the nineteenth century‚ means’ "re-birth". Broadly speaking‚ the Renaissance implies that re-awakening of learning which came to Europe in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. The Renaissance was not only an English but a European phenomenon; and basically considered‚ it signalised a thorough substitution of the medieval habits of thought by new attitudes
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about a blacksmith whose job is disappearing as the world changes around him‚ while also allowing the students to grasp the deeper images with another path into the poem. This poem is in the form of a sonnet with a clear division into an octave and a sestet. The sonnet’s opening line is the five-foot‚ iambic pentameter and eight of the words in this line are monosyllabic which gives the line the quality of statement. “All I know is a door into the dark”. This line would invite the class into the poem
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There are several literary tropes and themes that have been repeated‚ analyzed‚ and appropriated by thousands of texts‚ over hundreds of years. This does not however mean that every text incorporating these motifs will be identical‚ as certain themes (like mortality) serve as an abstract concept to be interpreted as the author desires. Both Edson’s W;t‚ and the poems of Donne reflect this idea of intricate textual differences‚ despite shared themes. The difference in ideas regarding the themes
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Introduction: How’d He Do That? Memory‚ symbol‚ and pattern affect the reading of literature by making it easier for readers to understand what’s going on in a literary work. While reading‚ readers begin to notice the trend or pattern in the devices that they recognize such as themes or symbols. When reading literature‚ readers tend to recall certain events or small parts from other parts of literature from what they’re reading currently. The recognition of patterns make it easier to read complicated
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Glossary of Linguistic Terms [pic] Accelerando: Accelerando is the term when speech speeds up‚ and is said at a quicker pace. Accelerando is only for spoken‚ not written speech however. This obviously speeds up narrative pace and makes the mood more intense and dramatic. Acronym: An acronym is where words are shortened to just the first letter. E.G. ‘U.N’ is an acronym as it is short for ‘United Nations’. The effect of acronyms
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